Safety razor



July 24,1923- J. F. LEFFLER SAFETY RAZOR Filed Aug. 9, 1922 Feels.

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srarns JOHN F. LEFFLER, OF PITTSBURGH, PENNSYLVANIA.

SAFETY RAZOR.

Application filed August T 0 all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, JOHN F. Lnrrnnn, a citizen of the United States, residing at Pittsburgh, in the county of Allegheny and State of Pennsylvania, have invented a new and useful Improvement in a Safety Razor, of which the following is a specification.

This invention relates to a safety razor.

The object of the invention is to provide a safety razor which is compact and particularly eflicient, and which is so simple that the razors may be turned out in quantity at a cost sufficiently low to permit their use for advertising purposes and the like.

A more specific object of the invention is to provide a safety razor in which the blade is engaged in a member which comprises integrally formed back and guard portions, the guard portion being flexible so that its position may be adjusted to regulate the closeness of a shave.

A further specific object of the invention is to provide a safety razor of the type described generally above which is furnished with a pocket for containing extra blades formed integral with the back of the razor.

In the accompanying drawings Figure 1 is a top plan view of the safety razor of the present invention; Figure 2 is a side elevation thereof; Figure 3 is a bottom plan view of the safety razor; Figure a is a plan view of the razor blade; Figure 5 is a longitudinal section through the blade holding and handle member of the razor on the line 5-5 Figure 1; and Figure 6 is a longitudinal section through the sliding panel for locking the razor blade in position and closing the pocket containing the extra blades.

- A single relatively flat member 1 of a flexible substance such as thin sheet metal serves as both the blade holder and handle of the safety razor. This member is provided along each edge with a flange 2 and a flange 3 turned over the body of the member. Between the flanges 2 and 3 are spaces 4L in which engage the lugs or teats 5 of the razor blade 6. This razor blade 6 is clamped in position by a panel 7 slidably engaged by the flanges 2 and 8; and having a forwardly turned flange or stop 8 arranged to engage the rearward extremity of the blade holding and handle member 1 in a position short of the cutting edge of the razor blade 6 in the position in. which the razor blade is held by the engagement of lugs 5 in 9, 1922. Serial No. 580,662.

the spaces or interruptions 4: between the flanges 2 and 3.

" At the forward extremity of the blade holding and handle member 1, and formed integral therewith, is the guard member 9, which is preferably of inverted V shape as shown. The teeth, or comb members, 10 of this guard comprise the depending legs of the V and, as the guard and blade holder are flexible. This portibn of the guard may readily be adjusted toward or away from the cutting edge of the blade 6 to regulate the closeness of the shave effected by use of the razor.

It will be noted that the positioning of the blade 6 in the blade holder 1 is entirely independent of the guard portion of the member 1, and that the panel member 7 serves merely as a closure and as a means for securing the blade firmly in position.

Preferably the back and handle member 1 is pressed out to form a pocket 11 for the reception of extra blades, thus further extending the self contained nature of the safety razor.

It will be observed that the safety razor of the present invention is of great simplicity, and that the razors may be readily manufactured in quantity from inexpensive materials.

that I claim is:

1. A safety razor comprising an integral blade holding and handle member having flanges along the side edges thereof, a blade provided with lugs arranged to engage in said flanges, a flexible guard on said blade holding and handle member, and a panel arranged to slide in the flanges of said blade holding and handle member for securing the razor blade in position therein. I

2. A safety razor comprising an integral blade holding and handle member of flexible material, a guard member integral therewith, flanges on said blade holding and handle member, a razor blade arranged to engage in said flanges, and a panel arranged to slide in the flanges of said blade holding and handle member for securing the razor blade in position therein.

3. A safety razor comprising an integral blade holding and handle member having flanges along the side edges thereof and having a pocket for containing extra razor blades integral therewith, a flexible guard on said blade holding and handle member, and

a panel arranged to slide in the flanges of saidblade holding and handle member to secure the razor blade in position and serve as a closure for the pocket in the blade hold- 5 ing member.

4. A safety razor comprising an integral blade'holding and handle member formed of flexible material and having a pocket for containing extra blades integral therewith,

l flanges on. said blade holding. and handle member, a flexible guard integral With said blade holding and handle member, a razor blade arranged to engage in said flanges, and a panel arranged to slidein' the-'fianges of said blade holding and handle member to 15 secure the razor blade in position and serve as a closure forthe pocketin the blade holding member.

Intestimony whereof, I hereunto set my hand.

JOHN F. LEFFLER. Witnesses:

, W. E. BAL ARD,

E. B. WALTERS. 

